Colonial Regions Compared
5th grade social studies chart comparing New England, Middle and Southern colonies: sort 12 fact cards, answer 3 questions, answer key included.
5th Grade 13 Colonies Worksheets
5th grade 13 colonies worksheets: the New England, Middle and Southern colonies on a map, how geography shaped life and work in each region, colonial founders and daily life.
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Colonies, Founders and Reasons
5th grade 13 Colonies: match Virginia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Georgia to founders and reasons. Answer key included.
Jamestown and Plymouth Compared
5th grade Jamestown and Plymouth Venn diagram: sort ten facts about founders, hardships and Native peoples, then answer two questions. Answer key.
A Day in Colonial Boston Reading
5th grade reading passage on a 12-year-old apprentice printer in 1760 Boston, with four multiple-choice questions, two written ones and a chart.
13 Colonies Quiz
5th grade 13 Colonies quiz: name five colonies on a map, sort six into regions, and answer four multiple-choice questions. Answer key included.
Curriculum objectives covered
“Compare the geography, climate and ways of earning a living in the New England, Middle and Southern colonies.”
“Explain how land and climate shaped how colonists earned a living.”
“Explain why English colonists founded the colonies and who led their founding.”
“Tell religious reasons for founding a colony from economic ones.”
“Compare life in two early English colonies, Jamestown and Plymouth.”
“Explain how Native peoples affected the first years of the colonies.”
RL.5.1
“Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.”
“Compare life in colonial Boston with life today.”
“Identify colonies on a map of the Atlantic coast.”
“Sort the colonies into New England, Middle and Southern regions.”
“Recall facts about early colonial founders and regional economies.”
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